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Miami's final sector labeled 'mistake generator' by track designer

Miami's International Autodrome features a tricky final sequence of corners that the track's creator has called a "mistake generator" as it was purposefully designed to challenge drivers. UK firm Apex Circuit Design was responsible for designing the 19-turn 5.412km track that was laid out around Miami Gardens' Hard Rock Stadium. At the forefront of the circuit architects' design philosophy was the need to create a layout that would produce proper racing. "As a company our ethos is to challenge all of the F1 teams, their cars, their race engineers and, of course, their drivers," explained Apex design engineer Charles Metcalfe. "So we focus on corner sequences, a...
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